Rapid exchange stent delivery balloon catheter

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EP 1 308 139 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	02.07.2003 Bulletin 2003/27

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	07.05.2003 Bulletin 2003/19

(21)	Application number: 02080682.4

(22)	Date of filing: 31.10.1996

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61F 2/06, A61M 25/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

18.01.1996 US 582338

(62)	Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
	96307880.3 / 0784966

(71)	Applicant: Cook Incorporated
	Bloomington IN 47402-0489 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Osborne, Thomas A. Bloomington, Indiana 47401 (US) Eells, Scott E. Bloomington, Indiana 47403 (US)

(74)	Representative: Bannerman, David Gardner et al
	Withers & Rogers, Goldings House, 2 Hays Lane London SE1 2HW London SE1 2HW (GB)

(54)	Rapid exchange stent delivery balloon catheter

(57) A rapid exchange stent delivery balloon catheter which allows exchange from a balloon angioplasty catheter to a stent delivery catheter without eh need to replace the angioplasty catheter wire guide with an exchange-length wire guide before exchanging the stent delivery catheter for the balloon angiplasty catheter. The stent delivery catheter of the present invention includes a relatively short wire guide shaft which is bonded to the catheter shaft only at a location distal to the inflation lumen.

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